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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Yucatan Landing (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Yucatan Landing. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Yucatan Landing ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Yucatan Landing: Yucatan Lndg. (or less commonly used: Yucatan Lndng.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Parishes/Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring parishes/counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors were in the next parish to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring parishes/counties instead of the parish in which they lived:  their home parish contained property and probate records; the parish to the west contained birth and death records; the parish to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring parishes/counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Yucatan Landing is located in Tensas Parish.

To see how the shape of Louisiana's parishes have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Tensas Parish: Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Madison, Adams (MS), Claiborne (MS), Jefferson (MS) & Warren (MS).

Below are the parishes/counties that are near Yucatan Landing. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yucatan Landing:

  • Tensas Parish     (The home parish of Yucatan Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yucatan Landing, with the one closest to Yucatan Landing listed first.
    • Newellton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newellton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newellton
      • Newellton is located in Tensas Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 927 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newellton <2>
    • Saint Joseph
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Newlight
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Waterproof
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterproof have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterproof
      • Waterproof is located in Tensas Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterproof <2>
    • Highland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Franklin Parish
  • Madison Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yucatan Landing, with the one closest to Yucatan Landing listed first.
    • Coleman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coleman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
      • Coleman is located in Madison Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Coleman
      • From Yucatan Landing to Coleman
    • Thomastown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Mound
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Barnes
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barnes. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
      • Barnes is located in Madison Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Barnes
      • From Yucatan Landing to Barnes
    • Richmond
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richmond have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
      • Richmond is located in Madison Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 530 people
    • Delta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Tallulah
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Duck Port ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duck Port have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Port
      • Duck Port is located in Madison Parish
    • Ashly
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ashly. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashly
      • Ashly is located in Madison Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ashly
      • From Yucatan Landing to Ashly
    • Quebec
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Quebec. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quebec
      • Quebec is located in Madison Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Quebec
      • From Yucatan Landing to Quebec
    • Tendal
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tendal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tendal
      • Tendal is located in Madison Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Tendal
      • From Yucatan Landing to Tendal
    • Waverly
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Omega
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Omega. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
      • Omega is located in Madison Parish
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Omega
      • From Yucatan Landing to Omega
  • Claiborne County (MS)
  • Copiah County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yucatan Landing, with the one closest to Yucatan Landing listed first.
    • Myles
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Myles. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myles
      • Myles is located in Copiah County (MS)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Myles
      • From Yucatan Landing to Myles
    • Carpenter
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Hinds County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yucatan Landing, with the one closest to Yucatan Landing listed first.
    • Cayuga
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Newman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Newman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
      • Newman is located in Hinds County (MS)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Newman
      • From Yucatan Landing to Newman
  • Jefferson County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yucatan Landing, with the one closest to Yucatan Landing listed first.
    • Rodney
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Red Lick
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Lick. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lick
      • Red Lick is located in Jefferson County (MS)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Red Lick
      • From Yucatan Landing to Red Lick
    • Fayette
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fayette have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
      • Fayette is located in Jefferson County (MS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,432 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fayette <2>
    • Harriston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Warren County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yucatan Landing, with the one closest to Yucatan Landing listed first.
    • Stout
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stout. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
      • Stout is located in Warren County (MS)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Stout
      • From Yucatan Landing to Stout
    • Vicksburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vicksburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksburg
      • Vicksburg is located in Warren County (MS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,351 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vicksburg <2>
    • Newmans
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newmans have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
      • Newmans is located in Warren County (MS)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yucatan Landing, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Yucatan Landing.

Cemeteries Near Yucatan Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yucatan Landing.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yucatan Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yucatan Landing, with the one closest to Yucatan Landing listed first.

  • Bland Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lemy Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lemy Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lemy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Elk Ridge Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elk Ridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elk Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Antioch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Antioch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Burn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Canton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Newellton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newellton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Newellton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Routhwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Routhwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Routhwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Matthew Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Matthew Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Matthew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wyoming Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wyoming Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wyoming Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tensas Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tensas Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tensas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Somerset Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Somerset Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Somerset Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (187 more) ...
    • Brierfield Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brierfield Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brierfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Grand Gulf Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grand Gulf Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grand Gulf Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Newell Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newell Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Newell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

While we didn't find Yucatan Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yucatan Landing.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Yucatan Landing, with the one closest to Yucatan Landing listed first.

  • Newellton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newellton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newellton
    • Newellton is located in Tensas Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 927 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newellton <2>
  • Grand Gulf
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • New Carthage ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Carthage have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Carthage
    • New Carthage is located in Tensas Parish
  • Oaklawn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oaklawn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn
    • Oaklawn is located in Claiborne County (MS)
  • Ingleside
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ingleside have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
    • Ingleside is located in Claiborne County (MS)
  • Saint Joseph
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • King
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
    • King is located in Madison Parish
  • Westside
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Westside. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside
    • Westside is located in Claiborne County (MS)
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Westside
    • From Yucatan Landing to Westside
  • Port Gibson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Yokena
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yokena have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yokena
    • Yokena is located in Warren County (MS)
  • Rodney
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Russum
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Russum have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russum
    • Russum is located in Claiborne County (MS)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Gordon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
      • Gordon is located in Claiborne County (MS)
    • Newlight
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Warrenton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warrenton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
      • Warrenton is located in Warren County (MS)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Yucatan Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yucatan Landing.

Newspapers Published in Yucatan Landing ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yucatan Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yucatan Landing, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yucatan Landing.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Yucatan Landing:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Yucatan Landing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Yucatan Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Yucatan Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Yucatan Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0782, Longitude: -91.1575    









 

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